Reexamining Emmanuel Levinas s essays on Jewish education, Claire Elise Katz provides new insights into the importance of education and its potential to transform a democratic society, for Levinas s larger philosophical project. Katz examines Levinas's "Crisis of Humanism," which motivated his effort to describe a new ethical subject. Taking into account his multiple influences on social science and the humanities, and his various identities as a Jewish thinker, philosopher, and educator, Katz delves deeply into Levinas s works to understand the grounding of this ethical subject."
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Reexamining Emmanuel Levinas s essays on Jewish education, Claire Elise Katz provides new insights into the importance of education and its potential to transform a democratic society, for Levinas s larger philosophical project. Katz examines Levinas's "Crisis of Humanism," which motivated his effort to describe a new ethical subject. Taking into account his multiple influences on social science and the humanities, and his various identities as a Jewish thinker, philosopher, and educator, Katz delves deeply into Levinas s works to understand the grounding of this ethical subject."
Imprint | Indiana University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | December 2012 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | December 2012 |
Authors | Claire Elise Katz |
Dimensions | 228 x 151 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 221 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-253-00765-0 |
Barcode | 9780253007650 |
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LSN | 0-253-00765-8 |